NICARAGUA VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,503	1	5,843	+ 1,660
Stroke	2	6,691	3	2,225	+ 4,467
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,013	7	1,152	+ 2,861
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,855	4	2,068	+ 787
HIV/AIDS	5	1,537	35	139	+ 1,398
Kidney Disease	6	1,534	2	3,533	- 1,999
Hypertension	7	1,495	9	1,103	+ 392
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,443	36	122	+ 1,320
Low Birth Weight	9	1,429	13	490	+ 939
Liver Disease	10	1,378	6	1,203	+ 174
Lung Disease	11	1,326	5	1,570	- 244
Violence	12	1,323	10	619	+ 705
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,201	8	1,109	+ 93
Birth Trauma	14	1,193	25	198	+ 995
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,033	11	571	+ 463
Other Injuries	16	851	17	358	+ 494
Prostate Cancer	17	771	15	386	+ 385
Maternal Conditions	18	766	39	88	+ 678
Drownings	19	742	32	157	+ 585
Asthma	20	629	38	105	+ 524
Suicide	21	617	19	285	+ 332
Tuberculosis	22	572	37	115	+ 458
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	542	33	149	+ 393
Endocrine Disorders	24	540	28	164	+ 377
Inflammatory/Heart	25	535	34	139	+ 395
Stomach Cancer	26	490	14	478	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	462	54	20	+ 443
Meningitis	28	443	51	29	+ 414
Malnutrition	29	407	30	163	+ 244
Breast Cancer	30	400	20	283	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	400	40	85	+ 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	386	18	315	+ 71
Liver Cancer	33	376	12	509	- 132
Cervical Cancer	34	325	16	374	- 49
Falls	35	312	22	276	+ 36
Lung Cancers	36	279	23	274	+ 5
Fires	37	267	57	16	+ 251
Pertussis	38	254	67	3	+ 251
Alcohol	39	243	21	279	- 36
Skin Disease	40	241	31	162	+ 79
Epilepsy	41	232	41	74	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	42	187	42	67	+ 120
Leukemia	43	171	24	227	- 56
Pancreas Cancer	44	152	27	178	- 25
Oral Cancer	45	148	43	64	+ 84
Syphilis	46	143	60	9	+ 133
Lymphomas	47	134	29	164	- 30
Appendicitis	48	97	49	32	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	49	88	47	42	+ 46
Poisonings	50	88	55	18	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	51	87	44	61	+ 26
Drug Use	52	79	46	50	+ 29
Tetanus	53	67	79	0	+ 67
Encephalitis	54	67	58	10	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	55	52	52	28	+ 24
Skin Cancers	56	32	45	59	- 27
Uterin Cancer	57	24	48	39	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	21	50	31	- 10
Malaria	59	20	83	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	60	17	26	192	- 175
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	61	7	+ 9
Hepatitis B	62	15	62	5	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	63	11	72	1	+ 10
Dengue	64	10	64	4	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	4	68	1	+ 3
War	66	3	70	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	3	69	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	3	74	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	28	- 28
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Haiti

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.